"346 hostages were freed and over 30 terrorists were killed during the operation," an army official told AFP, adding that 27 off-duty soldiers who were passengers on the train were killed by militants, and one soldier was killed during the operation. NDTV rwported.
More than 450 passengers were on board when a rebel group captured the train in a remote frontier district of Balochistan province on Tuesday afternoon.
assault was immediately claimed by the Baloch Liberation Army (BLA), which released a video of an explosion on the track, followed by dozens of gunmen emerging from hiding places in the mountains and storming onto the carriages.
The BLA has staged a series of recent attacks against security forces and ethnic groups from outside the province who they accuse of benefiting from the region's wealth.
